2 Chronicles 20:11
Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
2 Chronicles 20:11 in other translations
| BSB | See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession that You gave us as an inheritance. |
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| WEB | behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit. |
| ASV | behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit. |
| YLT | and lo, they are recompensing to us--to come in to drive us out of Thy possession, that Thou hast caused us to possess. |
| DARBY | behold, they reward us, in coming to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to possess. |
| BBE | See now, how as our reward they have come to send us out of your land which you have given us as our heritage. |
| Webster | Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit. |
What does 2 Chronicles 20:11 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 20:5-13
5-13. Jehoshaphat stood ... in the house of the Lord, before the new court--that is, the great or outer court (2Ch 4:9) called the new court, probably from having been at that time enlarged or beautified.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 20:1-13
In all dangers, public or personal, our first business should be to seek help from God. Hence the advantage of days for national fasting and prayer. From the first to the last of our seeking the Lord, we must approach him with humiliation for our sins, trusting only in his mercy and power. Jehoshaphat acknowledges the sovereign dominion of the Divine Providence. Lord, exert it on our behalf. Whom should we seek to…
2 Chronicles 20:11 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 20:11
- Psalms 83:3-12
They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones. They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee: The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes; …
- Proverbs 17:13
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
- Jeremiah 18:20
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.
- Genesis 44:4
And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
- Psalms 35:12
They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
- Judges 11:23-24
So now the Lord God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it? Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the Lord our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.
- Psalms 7:4
If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ge 44:4; Ps 7:4; 35:12; Pr 17:13; Jer 18:20
to cast us.
Jud 11:23,24; Ps 83:3-12
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain
Context
- 2 Chronicles 20:10
And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;
- 2 Chronicles 20:11
Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
- 2 Chronicles 20:12
O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.
2 Chronicles 20:11 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | He aquí ellos nos dan el pago, viniendo á echarnos de tu heredad, que tú nos diste á poseer. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | les voici qui nous récompensent en venant pour nous chasser de ton héritage que tu nous as fait posséder. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | siehe da, sie vergelten es uns, indem sie kommen, um uns aus deinem Besitztum zu vertreiben, das du uns zum Besitz gegeben hast. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | e contrario agunt, et nituntur ejicere nos de possessione quam tradidisti nobis. |